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Motorsports facilities attract music festivals05 / 20 / 13Concert promoters are booking more music festivals at racetracks, finding those venues to be the right fit for multiday events. The Electric Daisy Carnival, an electronic music festival, this year added Chicagoland Speedway to its list of sites after its success at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the pa... Tags: Facilities |
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‘Made in the USA’ at SMI tracks
Speedway Motorsports Inc. has launched a retail campaign across its eight NASCAR tracks to sell more “Made in the USA” merchandise. SMI Properties , part of Charlotte-based SMI, has made a concerted effort to use more American vendo ...
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Bristol track may build VIP boxes
Bristol Motor Speedway is reviewing plans to convert its lower-level seats in Turns 1 and 2 into open-air, VIP boxes, a move that track executives believe would improve the fan experience while also reducing the track’s total capacity. ...
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3-D system in Washington State suites
Washington State University has rolled out 3-D technology in the suites at Martin Stadium, which industry experts believe is the first sports facility in North America to complete a permanent installation. A company called 3D-4U, co-founded by Sankar Jayaram, a Washington State professor of mecha ...
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New Jersey F1 race 'a risk proposition'
Since 1983, Formula One’s Bernie Ecclestone has periodically attempted to put a race in New York. The group behind the latest effort is led by former YES Network Chairman Leo Hindery, with plans for a 2013 race along roads in New Jersey and across the Hudson River in New York City. At some ...
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Venue security's evolution
In late July 1984, Chuck Sullivan, then-executive vice president of the New England Patriots and owner of the team’s Foxboro Stadium, received a phone call that would serve as a catalyst for change in security protocol at sports venues. A few weeks earlier, an armed man had walked into a Mc ...
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Daytona awaits zoning approval
Daytona International Speedway executives hope to receive final approval this week from the Daytona Beach City Commission for a rezoning request that could make it possible to begin a major renovation project in 2013 or 2014. International Speedway Corp., which owns the 53-year-old racetrack, sub ...
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Turner won't compete for Vikings job
A leading builder of NFL stadiums will not pursue the job to construct a new $975 million facility for the Minnesota Vikings. Turner Construction , general contractor for the San Francisco 49ers’ $1.2 billion stadium under construction in Santa Clar ...
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Paciolan working with IMG Tickets
Paciolan has signed an eight-year deal with IMG Tickets to provide a full-service ticketing platform for the Florida company. IMG Tickets is a regional ticketing distributor based in Coral Gables, Fla., that handles ticketing for 20 events. Several are in golf and tennis, including the Sony Open, ...
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Tech lets ticketed fans upgrade
Major league teams are adopting new technology allowing fans who have already bought tickets to upgrade their seats. Several tech vendors are marketing mobile Web platforms through which fans can use their smartphones to move to better locations in the stadium at reduced prices. The technology he ...
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More teams become show promoters
Bruce Springsteen closed out his three-night stand at MetLife Stadium with a 63rd birthday celebration before 55,000 rain-soaked fans. The three shows, Sept. 19, 21 and 22 — the final stadium dates for Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball” tour of 2012, a route that included seven ...
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